Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020

Franklin Obeng-Odoom’s book, Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2020) challenges prevailing ideas on existing development policies and attempts to provide new alternative perspectives for more equitable economic development in Africa. The economi...

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Published inEvolutionary and Institutional Economics Review Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 447 - 455
Main Author Masaki, Toyomu
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer Japan 01.09.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
19th century
Capitalism
Developing countries
Development economics
Economic rent
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Economists
History of Economic Thought/Methodology
Inequality
Landowners
LDCs
Political Economy/Economic Systems
Poverty
Slave trade
Slavery
Social Policy
Society
Taxation
Africa
N17
Stratification economics
Africa
Henry George
Z13
Global North and South
Land
B1
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Summary:Franklin Obeng-Odoom’s book, Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2020) challenges prevailing ideas on existing development policies and attempts to provide new alternative perspectives for more equitable economic development in Africa. The economic concepts on which the author relies for this purpose are stratification economics and the ideas of Henry George (1839–1897). In this review, after a brief introduction to these two frameworks, the contents of the book are presented. Next, the significance of the author’s concepts is explained, and the reviewer’s comments regarding the author’s views are provided.
ISSN:1349-4961
2188-2096
DOI:10.1007/s40844-021-00203-7